Departments of the Faculty of Linguistics and Translation

The Department of Germanic and Oriental Languages was established on June 14, 2012, by Order № 178a "On the establishment of the Department of Germanic and Oriental Languages of the Faculty of Linguistics and Translation". In 2020, the department has renamed the Department of Germanic and Oriental Languages and Translation. Today the department is headed by the candidate of philological sciences, Adamova Anna Vladimirovna.

High level of training of teaching staff, including graduates of leading European universities, specialists in various fields of philology (comparative, historical and typological linguistics, languages of Asia, Africa, Aborigines of America and Australia, German languages) and who have undergone advanced training in Germany, Austria, and China, allows us to say with confidence that the Department of Germanic and Oriental Languages and Translation occupies a worthy place in the large family of the International Humanities University.
Research and teaching staff of the department are constantly searching for new methods, ways, and techniques of teaching translation and foreign languages, including German and Oriental language areas, and help students understand the cultural values and ethical norms of behavior inherent in native speakers.

This year the scientific theme of the department is "Communicative approach as an optimal means of learning a foreign language in higher education."

The Department of German and Oriental Languages and Translation provides an opportunity to obtain a bachelor's degree in philology, translator, teacher of English and German (Chinese). On the basis of the obtained level, you can continue your studies and obtain a master's degree in philology, translator, teacher of English and German (Chinese). After receiving quality training at the department, some of our graduates continue their studies in master's and graduate schools in leading universities in Ukraine and abroad.
The department has a conversational club with native German speakers, German language courses for different levels of language training (from language level A1 to C1 for successful exams and diplomas ÖSD, TestDaF) for training, internships, and employment, including scientists. The department also runs courses for those wishing to learn Chinese.

German is the second most studied language in Ukrainian schools after English, and 52% of students choose it as their second foreign language. Knowledge of the German language is both training in German-speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), and programs for professional internships, employment. Scientists are more likely to receive grants for their research. Many students go to Germany to continue their education, because it is free for foreigners, and after graduating from university, students have even more opportunities.
The department maintains relations with DAAD and the Goethe Institute in Ukraine. Associate Professor Igor V. Peresada took part in a seminar for German language teachers "Days of Austria in Chisinau", which was organized by the Federal Ministry of Education of Austria. The program of the seminar covered various aspects of teaching and learning German - features of the Austrian version of the German language; computer programs for teaching German; country study workshop dedicated to the capital of Austria - Vienna. It is also worth noting that the teachers of the Department of Germanic and Oriental Languages and Translation are members of the Association of Ukrainian Germanists.
Our students have a unique opportunity to continue their studies or do internships in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and China. So, in 2015, our student Anastasia Apalyaeva underwent an internship in Germany, Nuremberg, Bavaria under the exchange program "Experten-Praktika Ukraine-Moldau in Nordbayern". The internship program was organized by the NGO Dekabristen e.V. with the support of the German Ministry of Finance.

The Department of Germanic and Oriental Languages actively cooperates with the Confucius Institute in Odessa. Volunteers work at the department - native speakers. Our Chinese colleagues constantly inform students about scholarship programs to study in China, about summer and winter language camps of leading universities in Beijing and Harbin. It should be noted that all the costs of staying (accommodation, meals, excursion program) in the country are borne by the Chinese side.

The Confucius Institute holds the international competition "Chinese Language Bridge", the winner then represents Ukraine in the finals in Beijing among more than 50 countries. Chinese colleagues noted the high level of language training of our students. Ruban Elizaveta, who took 1st place in the semifinals and 2nd place in the finals of this competition, received a scholarship to study in China. The winners of 2016 and 2017 were again our students - Shemet Diana and Ruban Elizaveta. Diana also demonstrated her mastery of playing the ancient Chinese musical instrument guzhen.

The Department of Foreign Languages of Professional Communication at the Faculty of Linguistics and Translation was founded in 2006, headed by Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor KB Zaitsev. The department provides teaching disciplines: English, foreign language of specialization (English), foreign language specialties, Latin at the Institute of Law, Economics and International Relations; Medical Institute; at the faculties of Linguistics and Translation, Art and Design, as well as at the Colleges of Economics, Law, and Medicine.

The teaching staff of the department is constantly improving their skills. Teachers, applicants, and graduate students of the department publish their scientific articles in journals included in the list of scientific professional publications of Ukraine: "Scientific Bulletin of the International Humanities University", "Odesa Linguistic Bulletin", "Current trends in modern philology".

Scientific work at the department is very developed because there is a scientific school in the direction: "Typology of texts and their functional features, which is supervised by Professor V. Ya. Mizetska. The result is 10 successfully defended Ph.D. theses.

The staff of the department regularly attends methodical seminars, participates in webinars held by the British Council, Cambridge Assessment English, International Language Center, Cambridge University Press.

The department annually prepares students to participate in university conferences and competitions, organizes meetings with native speakers.
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The Department of Romance and Germanic Philology and Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages (formerly the Department of Translation and Linguistics) at the Faculty of Linguistics and Translation was founded by one of the first at the International Humanities University in 2003, headed by Doctor of Philology, Professor Olena Obraztsova.

Since 2013, the department is headed by the Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor Talanova Lyudmila Grigorivna. The Department of Romano-Germanic Philology and Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages as a graduate provides educational and theoretical training of philologists, as well as conducts educational and scientific work with students of the faculty.
Today the teaching staff of the department includes - twelve candidates of philological and pedagogical sciences, associate professors, six senior teachers, six teachers, and two graduate students.

The department is a member of the Ukrainian Union of Translators, the Ukrainian Union of Germanists of Higher Education, the Ukrainian Union of English Language Teachers, the Association of Teachers and Philologists (Odesa).
The scientific and pedagogical staff of the department provides teaching disciplines in English, French, Ukrainian, and Latin, literature, and methods of teaching foreign languages. The main disciplines of professional training of future bachelors and masters include a practical course of the main foreign language (English; French); practical courses of oral and written translation from the main and second foreign languages (English, French), including literary translation, translation in business, tourism, law, medicine, scientific and technical translation and translation of socio-political texts, etc.

The department carries out scientific, educational, methodical, translation, and organizational activities. Teachers of the department actively work as translators, providing international meetings, conferences, forums; their works are published in foreign central and regional publications.
In addition, the staff of the department is constantly improving their professional skills and improving language competence: internships abroad, participate in the preparation and conduct of scientific and methodological seminars, international conferences, their research results are reflected in numerous publications, articles, abstracts, manuals, and manuals.

The teaching staff of the Department of Romano-Germanic Philology and Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages does not stop there and continues its research in the pedagogical and scientific field, being in the trends of world science, and always open to new scientific acquaintances, cooperation and experiments.